--- title: Kulóskap then returned Unto the town, but there Found not a living s… — Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems · tree and pragmatics description: Kulóskap then returned Unto the town, but there Found not a living soul, For a marvellous thing had come To pass while he was gone; A thing which shall be heard In every Indian’s speech Through all the ages, as ’Tis told by all to-day. Who acts: Kulóskap, marvellous thing, thing. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kulóskap, marvellous thing, thing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78673:9:102 # text = Kulóskap then returned Unto the town, but there Found not a living soul, For a marvellous thing had come To pass while he was gone; A thing which shall be heard In every Indian’s speech Through all the ages, as ’Tis told by all to-day. 1 Kulóskap Kulóskap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 10 expl _ _ 10 Found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 living living NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 For for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 22 To to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 while while SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 In in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 Indian Indian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 Through through ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 ’ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 Tis Tis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 48 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Kulóskap | a thing | | | then | unto the town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **find** | participle | Kulóskap *not said here* | a living soul | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | a marvellous thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | a marvellous thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | thing | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **hear** | shall · passive | | a thing | | every Indian's speech | through all ages | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | day | by all; Tis *compound* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Kulóskap the master, and other Algonkin poems», Project Gutenberg book 78673 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/103/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78673/9/)